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Davison's Nile Medal
Obverse: On a rock near the sea Peace is standing holding in her right an olive branch and supporting with her left hand a medallion of Nelson, an anchor behind her. Legend: 'REAR-ADMIRAL LORD NELSON OF THE NILE'. Inscription around the portrait: 'EUROPE'S HOPE AND BRITAIN'S GLORY'. Below: 'C.H.K'. (C.H. Kuchler). Reverse: View of Aboukir Bay at sunset, the British Fleet going into action, the French at anchor. Incuse: 'John Lewes H.M.S. DEFENCE'. Legend: 'ALMIGHTY GOD HAS BLESSED HIS MAJESTY'S ARMS'. Exergue: 'VICTORY OF THE NILE AUGUST 1. 1798'. Above (left) 'M.B. SOHO' (right) 'C.H. KUCHLER. FEC.' Both sides of the medal are glazed with a suspension loop and white ribbon with blue edges attached. John Lewes is recorded on the muster book of the 'Defence' as Private John Lewis, Royal Marines, aged 23, born in Woodchester, Gloucestershire.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0184 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Küchler, Conrad Heinrich; Küchler, Conrad Heinrich |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
| Vessels: | Defence (1763) |
| Date made: | 1798 |
| People: | Davison, Alexander; Nelson, Horatio Lewes, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 47 mm |
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